Faculty’s new toolbox
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This document outlines a three-part model for faculty skill development in online and blended teaching. The model includes objectives, competencies, and assessments. It presents emerging technology trends and challenges in higher education. A self-paced online course is described that covers essential online teaching skills across six modules. The document concludes with a competency-based rubric example for assessing skills like linking, uploading files, creating content, and setting date restrictions in an LMS.
Faculty’s new toolbox
- 1. FACULTY’S NEW TOOLBOX ATHREE PART MODEL FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT Tracy Miller Online Teaching Coordinator Northern Illinois University
- 2. Objectives • Key trends in teaching with technology in higher education • Identify and assess essential skills in delivering online and blended content • Faculty Development: Objective, Competency, and Assessment Model
- 3. Teaching in a 21st Century Classroom Emerging Trends • Learning Analytics • Social Media • Games and Gamification • 3D Printing
- 4. Less than 1 year
- 5. One to Two Years www.securedgenetwork.com Social Media in Education
- 6. Two to Three Years http://www.weiterbildungsblog.de/2012/02/21/the-gamification-of-education-infographic/ Games And Gamification
- 7. Two to Three Years www.teachthought.com 3D Printing Prototyper
- 8. Challenges Solvable • Low Digital Fluency of Faculty • Relative Lack of Rewards for Teaching Difficult • Competition from New Models of Education • Scaling Teaching Innovations Wicked • Expanding Access • Keeping Education Relevant “Professors generally want to improve their pedagogies, but lack the resources and encouragement from their institutions to do so.” (Johnson, et al, 2014)
- 9. Scary? Who’s ready for this?
- 10. How do you know?
- 11. Preparing to Teach Online - Pilot • 6 Required Modules + Design Project • Overview of Online Teaching • Models of Online Course Delivery • Designing an Online Course • Encouraging Communication in Online Courses • Technology Tools for Online Teaching and Learning • Assessing Student Learning Online • Electives • Presentation Tools for Online Courses • Integrating Multimedia in Online Courses • Best Practices for Online Teaching Using Webconferencing Tools • Working with a Design and Development Team • Open Educational Resources
- 14. Elective Modules
- 15. Preparing to Teach Online Self-Paced Modules One-on-One Consultation Face-to-face Workshop LMS 101 LMS 201 Communicating with Students Assessing Students Tracking Students Progress Using Synchronous Tools
- 16. Essential Skills and Techniques • Needs Assessment Exercise • In small groups of 3-4 use the 12 Starters to generate ideas on what skills faculty need to be successful in today’s educational climate. • **For the advanced folks: Tackle an emerging trend!
- 17. Share out!
- 18. Three Part Model Objective - Competency -Assessment Workshop Objective Competency Assessment LMS 1 Add, Revise, and control availability of content • Link • Upload • Create content • Edit/Revise • Time /Date Restrict Ex. In Information add a document and name it syllabus Structure a course with folders • Create a folder • Put content in folders • Customize a course menu Ex. Add weekly module folders and make them available for the correct dates LMS 2 Customize the look • Update course colors Ex. Change the theme of the course Communication Notify students • Create an announcement • Send an email Ex. Write a short welcome announcement Use communication tools • Create a discussion board • Post, reply or provide feedback Ex. Write a welcome message and add a link to syllabus already added
- 19. Competency-Based Rubric Competency Not-Demonstrated Proficient Mastery Link to external site Upload file Create content item Edit/revise item Date /Time Restrict
- 20. Contact Information • Tracy.miller@niu.edu • Office: (815)753-8315 • Adams Hall 312 • @tracymiller256 Tracy Miller, Ed.M. Online Teaching Coordinator Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center Faculty Development is on Facebook and Twitter! www.facebook.com/facdev :: @facdev
Editor's Notes
- #9: Solvable shift in mindset from the deployment of individual trainings to a continuous process of exploration and definition especially because of how rapidly technologies evolve. institutions must reevaluate missions and uphold excellence in teaching, which will transform the rigid process of gaining tenure. 25 Difficult think MOOCs, scaling think impeding the uptake of best practices Wicked global access, labor workforce to knowledge workforce – Business thinking, alternate means of skill acquisition badges, eportfolios